World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has once again praised Pakistan’s response to the coronavirus, saying the country managed to fight the pandemic while allowing its economy to pick up as the country stabilises. In an op-ed in the British online newspaper The Independent, Tedros noted that Pakistan had deployed the infrastructure built […]
An accountability court in Lahore on Tuesday issued non-bailable arrest warrants of PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif’s wife Nusrat Shehbaz and daughter Rabia Imran in money laundering case. The arrest warrants were issued after Nusrat and Imran failed to appear for the hearing of the case, in which they are nominated. Meanwhile, Shehbaz’s daughter Javeria Ali’s […]
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) cyber crime wing has registered a case against Meesha Shafi and eight others for an alleged smear campaign against Ali Zafar. The FIA special court ordered to file the case for a non-cognizable offence. According to reports, a case against Meesha Shafi, Iffat Omar, Leena Ghani, Ali Gul Pir, Haseemuz […]
The city’s top cop has once again landed himself in hot waters during a hearing of the Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights to talk about the motorway rape case, on Monday, a private TV channel reported. Lahore’s Capital City Police Officer (CCPO), Mohammad Umar Sheikh, spoke about the authorities’ response time to a distress […]
PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Monday strongly criticised the arrest of her uncle and party president Shehbaz Sharif, saying he has been put in cuffs solely for his enduring loyalty towards former prime minister and elder brother Nawaz Sharif. “He is being punished for standing by his brother former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s side,” […]
National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has arrested Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Makhdoom Jamil-uz-Zaman. Makhdoom Jamil-uz-Zaman is the son of deceased PPP leader Makhdom Amin Fahim and the former Nazim of Taluka Hala. He is accused of misuse of power during his tenure and receiving bribes from a former accounts officers. According to the initial investigation […]